Combined clevis and rope-placer for cars



(No Model.)

vW. L. NELSON.

COMBINED GLEVIS AND ROPE PLACER FOR CARS.

No. 538,341. Patented Apr. 30, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM L. NELSON, OF ROCKWOOD, TENNESSEE.

COMBINED CLEVIS AND ROPE-PLACER FOR CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 538,341, dated April 30, 1895.

Application filed March '7, 1895.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. NELSON, a citizen of the'United States, residing at Rockwood, in the county of Beans and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Combined Olevis and Rope-Placer for Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in devices for attaching ropes or cables to cars.

The object of my invention is to construct a combined clevis and rope placer for use in connection with flat cars by which the rope or cable may be quickly and easily connected with and removed from the cars, and which, in the return of the empty car for another load, shall serve as a placer for laying the cord or cable properly in place upon the guiding pulleys, and to this end my invention consists in certain features and details of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter specifically described, and pointed out in the claims. In the accompanying drawiugs:Figure 1 is a perspective view of one end of a fiat car with my'improved clevis and rope placer attached thereto, showing also a portion of a road bed and the manner of disposing the guiding pulleys. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective View of my improved clevis and rope placer. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the same, showing'also a portion of the end sill of a car. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the device.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures of the drawlugs.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a portion of a car, 2 the end sills thereof, and 3-3 the jaws of the hitching or coupling plate secured to said sill. 4 indicates my improved clevis and rope placer combined, the same consisting of an upright main or body portion 5, which is provided with a series of horizontally extending arms or jaws 6, 7, and 8 at right angles thereto, and when the device is in position and attached to the car, project inwardly toward the end sill of the'car. The arms 6, 7, and 8 stride and embrace the jaws 3-3 of the hitching or coupling plate on the car sill, and a pin 9 passing through perfora tions in the arms 6, 7, and 8, and also through perforations in the jaws 3+3, couples the parts together.

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10 represents a yoke or double stop made preferably from wrought iron. This yoke is secured between the arms or jaws 6 and 7 of the clevis by means of one or more set screws 11, screwing into and through the jaw 6, and against or into depressions in the upper face of the yoke piece 10. The outer ends of theyoke piece are curved downwardly and slightly inwardly and are adapted to engage and rest against the end sill 2 of the car, the purpose thereof being to preventthe clevis and rope placer from turning, and to hold the same securely in place.

At the lower end of the main or body portion 5, the same is reduced in width for the reception of a pivoted loop or eye 12 to which the usual rope or cable 13 is connected. The main or body portion 5 extends downwardly to a point in close proximity to the road bed,

whereby in the return of the car for another.

load, the rope 13 is placed in proper position with relation to the pulleys 14 which guide and support said rope in the usual manner.

By means of the construction above described, a strong, simple and durable device is produced, which is especially valuable on roads which are sinuous and have many curves, as it effects a greatsaving in rope extending the life thereof four-fold as compared with the arrangement in which simply an ordinary clevis is employed, a fact that has been demonstrated by actual test.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A combined clevis and rope placer for cars, consisting of a vertical downwardly extending main or body portion 5, an eye or loop swiveled to the lower end thereof for receiving the rope or cable, a series of horizontally extending arms for engaging the jaws on the hitching or coupling plate on thecar, and an outwardly and downwardly projecting adj ustable yoke or stop for preventing said device from turning, all arranged substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A rope placer for cars, comprising a main or body portion adapted to receive the hauling rope, inwardly projecting arms thereon provided with vertically aligned perforations for the reception of a pin for coupling said IOC device to the hitching or coupling plate on the my own I have hereto affixed my signature in car, a yoke interposed between said arms inthe presence of two witnesses.

side of said coupling pin, and means for fastening said yoke in place between the in- WILLIAM NELSON 5 wardly projecting arms, substantially as speci- Witnesses:

fied. J. E. GEORGE,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as J. B. NUNN. 

